Yesterday was the first day of class and I should have realized the karma when my morning started, as did many others', with the 30+ car pile-up on 360 & Division. I didn't get caught in it per say but did catch loads of traffic on the alternate routes. Oh well... on to class.
My first day of class was like a 1st day Kindergartner versus the 8th grade class in a dodge ball game... and I was the one Kindergartner. Everything came flying at me at a rate I didn't know possible. Even though as time ticked on and I started grasping partial concepts, new ones few by me also needing to be caught. I now realize that when they said Quick Pass, they meant "be ready to catch the pass or get plowed in the face".
My frantic note taking was a bit obsessive, especially when most of what I wrote could easily just have been highlighted in the book. But by the time I found where to highlight I often missed the Layman's explanation and was just as lost as if I had doubled the efforts and written it out.
At each break, which was one about each hour, I wondered if others were having the same feeling of being utterly lost. The text book in front of me may be my road map but I often could not find the big, red "You Are Here" sign! I tried to review and fill in what was covered, however, this could not be done - at least for me - within the 10 minutes allotted. If a dunce cap were propped up in the corner, I would have gladly put it on.
Reviewing all the material last night only confused me more on several topics. My brain dislikes the sterile memorization of facts. Acronyms were unhelpful because even in I remembered the words, I had forgotten their what-for's. I took each chapter's quiz with surprising, yet mediocre, results. I guess some of it stuck after all or I just got lucky. Either way, it's good to me!
I decided then, to go in today with feigned confidence yet insane determination. Being overwhelmed would be an inevitability, but I thought I was prepared.
Was I Wrong!
If yesterday was a dodge ball game, today was a turn inside a money booth (you know the kind where all the bills are flying around you and you're suppose to grab them). Each time I grabbed for the big bills, I would only review to find I barely had a couple of ones. But with my note taking still crazy overdone, I was covered one way or another.
Driving home I again felt overwhelmed and wondered what was I doing trying to accomplish this. It's so much information so very fast. Today concluded our first "class" which was Principles of Real Estate.
tomorrow we start a new class, Real Estate Practices. At the end of each class (there are 5), we have to complete, online, 3 quizzes and a test to receive credit for the course. There is no "down time" to review except the few hours after we go home until we go back the next morning. No day in between to absorb class 1 before continuing to class 2. Remember, this is what they call Quick Pass... or what I now want to call Keep Up If You Can!
Thanks to my honey Jeremy for the continuous encouragement and (now wet) shoulder I collected myself and was able to review the materials from the past 2 days. I called my buddy in the RE biz, Jean-Paul, and got my confidence back with his help on the quizzes and more reviewing.
I've thought of quitting, as I'm sure many had in this spot, but I'm not a quitter. I may fail - though unlikely as many won't let me - but I WILL finish! Success will be mine is some form or another!
Tomorrow is another day and a new class. Let's see how it goes!
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